Today I'm going to let you in on a little secret... if you're new to crochet you will quickly become a pattern hoarder. In fact, once you have mastered the basics, you will spend more time looking, pinning and saving patterns then you will actually crocheting them. It's a true story, I'll tell you no lies here. In my case, I liked books before I started to crochet so you can imagine how happy I was to walk into a yarn store and realize that there are all kinds of books just for crochet too!
If you're like me, you have to be careful how you spend my money. We are on a very tight budget with very little room for maneuvering. For example, my Christmas money from 2013 went boxing day shopping with me at Michael's. You can imagine how much fun I had! Don't kid yourself, or let anyone tell you otherwise, crocheting can be an expensive hobby. And, as much as I'd love to believe it does, it doesn't provide a solid income based on the amount of time you spend doing it. That being said, if I'm going to crochet, I might as well sell the things I create. Anyway, back to books.
One of my first purchases for my personal pattern library was The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet by Margaret Hubert. It has amazing pictures! I'm a visual person and if there isn't a picture to go with the pattern 9 times out of 10 I won't even bother with it. I have to know how my finished project is going to look.
If you're like me, you have to be careful how you spend my money. We are on a very tight budget with very little room for maneuvering. For example, my Christmas money from 2013 went boxing day shopping with me at Michael's. You can imagine how much fun I had! Don't kid yourself, or let anyone tell you otherwise, crocheting can be an expensive hobby. And, as much as I'd love to believe it does, it doesn't provide a solid income based on the amount of time you spend doing it. That being said, if I'm going to crochet, I might as well sell the things I create. Anyway, back to books.
One of my first purchases for my personal pattern library was The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet by Margaret Hubert. It has amazing pictures! I'm a visual person and if there isn't a picture to go with the pattern 9 times out of 10 I won't even bother with it. I have to know how my finished project is going to look.